Map revisions approved

Meeting in the City Council Chambers Wednesday, the Tourism Advisory Board recommended three applications to the City Council and approved the revisions on the city map.

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By Bette McFarren

LA Junta Tribune - La Junta, CO

By Bette McFarren

Posted May. 2, 2013 at 1:00 PM

By Bette McFarren
Posted May. 2, 2013 at 1:00 PM

Meeting in the City Council Chambers Wednesday, the Tourism Advisory Board recommended three applications to the City Council and approved the revisions on the city map.

The board decided unanimously that the portrait (vertical) layout was preferable to a landscape (horizontal) layout. The revisions already made were deemed adequate in the interest of getting the map to the printer in time for the summer tourist season. Last year's supply of 7,000 maps is completely exhausted. Pam Denahy, director of Tourism and Events, will get an estimate on 7,500 and 10,000 for this year's printing.

The applications which will be considered by the City Council on May 6 are Pueblo Chieftain Tourism Advertising, $2,620.60; Southwest Chief Coalition, $20,000; 6/8 Man State Football, $1,000.

The Pueblo Chieftain advertising covers a page ad in Seasons magazine, split between Music at the Junction and La Junta Tourism, and also wrappers to advertise tourism in La Junta in over 60 lodging facilities in La Junta, Canon City, Salida, Pueblo and Alamosa for 10 months.

The Southwest Chief Coalition $20,000 is in conjunction with all the other towns on the route of the Southwest Chief, in an effort to retain the present route. Klein said that the Obama budget includes $800 million to go to long distance trains and rural communities' transportation needs. He believes the Southwest Chief's route will not be changed because the trans-continental is always so full and the train would have have to back in from Belen to Albuquerque if the alternate route is used.

The 6/8 Man Football Championship game has been changed to Friday night, which will probably mean more people will stay over in La Junta. Last year the game was a big success, for the football fans and the town alike.